GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is launching an aggressive Republican response at the site of the Democratic National Convention. The goal: stealing attention and driving new questions about President Barack Obama's leadership on the eve of his nomination for a second term.... Continue reading →

In his warm-up for the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama is tangling with a couple of rivals, only one named Mitt. The other is voter apathy, especially among the young.... Continue reading →

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Barreling through the presidential campaign's competitive states, President Barack Obama detours deep in the South on Labor Day, long enough to offer a presence and promises of help to those flooded out by Hurricane Isaac.... Continue reading →

Vice President Joe Biden stayed with traditional themes Sunday during a campaign stop in Green Bay, saying Democrats are fighting for the middle class while Republicans try deceptively to blame the economic downturn on President Barack Obama.... Continue reading →

any Americans have long viewed Mormonism skeptically, and the Salt Lake City-based church has fought for decades for recognition and acceptance as a faith. Mitt Romney's nomination may help.... Continue reading →

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general is investigating tax strategies of some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, an official familiar with the probe said Sunday.... Continue reading →

Martin O'Malley broke from the party line on Sunday when he said the country wasn't better off than it was four years ago on CBS's Face the Nation. Bob Schieffer asked if he could "honestly say that people are better off to...... Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign is defending the Republican presidential nominee's decision to make no mention of the politically unpopular 11-year-old war in Afghanistan in his speech last week at the GOP national convention.... Continue reading →

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney cast President Barack Obama as a failed coach of a struggling team as he sought to capitalize on momentum coming out of his party's convention. Obama dismissed the GOP gathering as an event suited to the era of black-and-white TV and promised to outline "a better path forward" at the upcoming Democratic convention where he'll be nominated for a seco... Continue reading →

When the Democratic Party's national convention opens this week, President Barack Obama's target audience won't be in the crowd. It will be the small sliver of undecided voters in battleground states who will be critical to the outcome of what the polls show is a tight race with two months to go.... Continue reading →